Panel Talk: Place-making
08:30 am – 11:00 am, Sat 30/11/2024
Alpha Art Station
200 Lý Tự Trọng, D.1, HCMC
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Language: English and Vietnamese
From Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design:
The event includes two main activities: panel discussion and open discussion, we will hear and understand more about the concept of placemaking and learn through typical examples (case studies) through the experiences – research of leading architects and experts in Vietnam
At the same time, from the perspective of the organizers: universities and cultural – artistic and design organisations, the speakers hope to connect, listen and learn from the community in the discussion session revolving around the topic of space regeneration and sustainable community development – Placemaking through initiatives and solutions.
Moderator:
Giang Nguyen – Founder of Behalf by Pencil
Behalf by Pencil operates as a multidisciplinary design studio, delivering creative solutions across various domains, including branding, graphic, and digital design. The studio’ swork is fueled by concept, driven by research, stirred by intuition, and ignited by fearless experimentation. There is no common recipe for innovation and every project is an opportunity to pose unique questions. Behalf’s process is collaborative. Behalf works with rather than works for its clients. Through mutual commitment and honest partnership, the studio helps find solutions to their creative challenges, be it creating a lively and appealing brand existence, or tailoring a new outfit for their products to gain customer’s love, or kerning some raffinato Bodoni on a publication.
Speakers:
Nguyen Trung Hien – Founder of Pho Ben Doi
Hien Nguyen, often playfully referred to as a “founderologist,” has co-founded numerous fascinating projects, such as the DaLat Art Architecture Library, the ArtTech Fusion with UEH ISCM, and the STEAM project with STEMax. He also brings a wealth of experience working with global companies like AkzoNobel, DWP Design Worldwide Partnership, Audi AG and more. Among them, Phố Bên Đồi stands out as one of the most prominent projects at present. Phố Bên Đồi is a multidisciplinary community-based art project founded in 2016, with the ambition of transforming Da Lat, Vietnam, into a unique cultural destination in Southeast Asia; and is also a rare initiative that pioneers the establishment a platform to connect various community resources for development, rather than the previous approach of working individually.
Ngo Viet Nam Son – Architect, planner
Architect Ngo Viet Nam Son has been an architect and planner with more than 35 years of international experience in design, consulting, and research & teaching in Pacific Rim countries, including Vietnam, USA, Canada, China, Japan, and more. He received his PhD from the University of Washington, after earning an MCP degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and is part of many reputable professional associations within Vietnam and abroad. Besides his many planning and architecture projects (such as Da Nang City Planning, Thua Thien Hue Provincial Administrative Center, Center of Our Lady of Cúi Mountain in Dong Nai, Shanghai Pudong Master Plan, Filinvest Master Plan – Philippines, and more), he has also consulted on the planning of many provinces and cities across Vietnam. One of his books, “Identifying Contemporary Vietnam Cities – The Story of Planning and Architecture” (2023), discusses creating sustainable architectural planning spaces for Vietnam cities. It has recently been republished in June 2024.
Architect, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hanh Nguyen – Preservationist
Architect, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hanh Nguyen is Deputy Director of the Institute of Design and Creative Business, Nguyen Tat Thanh University and Head of the Management Board of the Landscape Architecture Association. She is also an advisor for the “Sống Foundation” alongside numerous other key positions. She has served as the author/editor of multiple highly practical books on architecture and interior design, such as “Ứng dụng Sáng tạo trong Thiết kế” (Creative Applications in Design) and “Flood-resistant Housing – Safe Homes” by the Sống Foundation. With her expertise, architect Nguyen Hanh Nguyen has earned numerous awards in the country, the region and the world, notably the First Prize in the international Design Against the Elements (DAtE) competition in the Philippines (2011), 100 Architects of the Year in Seoul, Korea (2017), the Asian Townscape Award in Tam Thanh, Quang Nam (as deputy project leader, 2017), and Housing of the Year at the Ashui Awards (2017).
Vietnam Festival of Creativity & Design 2024 is organised by RMIT University Vietnam in collaboration with Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS). Hexagon and Viral Town serve as event partners, alongside a diverse array of individuals, groups, organisations, enterprises in the creative industries, with Behalf by Pencil as the creative partner and Hanoi Grapevine as the media partner.
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